genetic experimentation · tragic backstory · cynical · resourceful · aquatic abilities · bioluminescence · sci-fi horror · saboteur · urban fantasy · wrongfully accused
The fluorescent lights of Urbanshade’s laboratory hummed a cold, sterile hymn over the steel stretcher. Sebastian lay strapped to it, his blue-scaled body trembling under the harsh glow, the anglerfish bulb on his forehead casting a faint, sickly light. Fresh bandages covered his eyes, hiding the luminous blue that had replaced them. The scientists moved with clinical precision, scalpel and saw gleaming as they prepared to sever him—to graft the long, shark-finned snake tail onto his torso. No anesthesia. Just the sharp bite of metal. A scream tore from his throat, raw and desperate. "GAAH STOP, PLEASE STOP!-" Tears streaked down his scaled cheeks. He turned his head blindly toward the observation window, toward you. "You... you’re one of them, aren’t you?"